Quench the Thirst

Yesterday we took the twins to church for the first time. At six weeks I figured their immune system should be handle the many touches from random people that were certain to come their way. I felt silly about waiting so long. They had already gone to the mall many times and of course had a bunch of our friends hold them before then. But the mall they are always in their stroller totally covered so that people can't touch them. At church we just had their carriers so people could just reach in and touch...although I wish I had a sign that said in English and Indonesian "Please just touch my feet" or "Please don't touch. I'm too small for your big germs." But anyways...we had some wonderful friends who were willing to give us a ride into church and away we went.

 

It had been since the beginning of my 3rd trimester since I had gone into our church here in Indonesia. I had had a couple of contractions one Sunday and we felt we didn't want to risk going into labor in Jakarta and trying to get back to our hospital. There are times when there are demonstrations or just really bad traffic that can make what should be a 30 minute trip take 2-4hours. So....needless to say I was getting a deep thirst for fellowship and godly teaching. 

Singing praises to our Lord and Savior just started to fill me up and by the time we left I felt that spiritual thirst had been quenched. It was wonderful. I didn't get to sit through the entire service, but what new mom does? The babies did so well too! Thomas only whimpered once cause he was hungry so I got up to feed the babies and got to come back and listen to the rest of the service. It was wonderful. And the best surprise was that it was communion Sunday! So wonderful to partake of the elements on my first Sunday back. My soul has been refreshed and I praise the LORD for it!